Introducing Interprofessional Education to Foster Patient Centred Health Care – a Quasi Experimental Experience in Bangladesh In Bangladesh, Doctors, Nurses, and Medical Technologists Work in a Team But There Are Barriers to Team Work Such As Conflicting Interests, Power Differentials, and Competition for Resources. Separate Educational Systems Inadequate Linkage among Professional Groups and Strong Professional Organizations Have Contributed to the Development of Professional Tribalism and Silos. Lack of Ipe in Health Professions Curricula Weakens the Delivery of Effective Patient Centred Care in Bangladesh. A Quasi Experimental Study Was Conducted in Bangladesh. Sample Size Was 32 Out of Which 15 Teachers and 17 Students of Medical, Dental, Nursing and Allied Health Science Institutes. All the Participants Voluntarily Attended 5 Sessions on Basic Concept on Ipe, Role Delineation, Communication, Teamwork & Team Building and Patient Centered Care Followed by Group Work and Group Activities within Three Consecutive Days. After Those 5 Sessions, Views of the Participants Were Sought through Self-administered Structured Questionnaire after Data Entry and Analysis. Observational Findings by the Researchers Were Also in Favour of Introducing Ipe. Study Revealed That 100% Participants Viewed That Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Medical Technologists Should Have Few Common Sessions in Their Student Life. About 90.7% Respondents Opined That Those Sessions Will Develop Positive Relationship among Them. Around 96.9% Respondents Viewed That Ipe Sessions in Student Life Will Help to Reduce Silos in Professional Life. Better Team Work among Doctors, Nurses and Medical Technologists Will Ensure Patient Centred Better Health Care Was Viewed by 100% Respondents. The Iom and Who Reported That Poor Communication among Health Care Professionals and Lack of Team Work Are Leading Causes for Poor Patient Outcomes. Gittle (2009) Suggest That Team Work and Relationship Building in Health Care Teams Leads to Quality Health Care. Specific Sessions for Ipe Should Be Incorporated in the Undergraduate Curricula of the Health Professionals and Also during In- Service As Part of Their Professional Development to Promote Quality & Patient Centred Health Care. Take Home Message: Ipe Can Develop Positive Attitude to Work in a Team by Eliminating Tribalism and Silos Which Will Foster Patient Centred Care. Ipe Can Create a Gateway for Co-existence of Doctors, Nurses and Medical Technologists Which Will Ensure Patient Centred Health Care.

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